{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[],"2":[],"3":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.14.2.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 14:2","href":"/jhn/14/#v2-calvin","text":"Ephesians 1:3","snippet":"… kingdom of God, but the Son, who is the only heir of heaven, took possession of it in their name, that through him we may be permitted to enter; for in his person we already possess heaven by hope, as Paul informs us, (Ephesians 1:3."},{"id":"henry.JHN.6.51.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 6:51","href":"/jhn/6/#v51-henry","text":"Eph. i. 3","snippet":"… only katabas—that came down (v. 51), but katabainoi—that comes down; he is descending, denoting a constant communication of light, life, and love, from God to believers through Christ, as the manna descended daily; see Eph. i. 3."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.17.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:17","href":"/jhn/20/#v17-westcott","text":"Eph. i. 3","snippet":"In the epistles of St Paul the compound title \" the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\" is not unfrequent: Rom. xv. 6; 2 Cor. i. 3, xi. 31 ; Eph. i. 3."}],"4":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.24.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:24","href":"/jhn/17/#v24-westcott","text":"Eph. i. 4","snippet":"before the foundation...] Comp. Eph. i. 4 ; 1 Pet. i. 20."}],"5":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.3.16.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 3:16","href":"/jhn/3/#v16-calvin","text":"Ephesians 1:5","snippet":"For if we wish to ascend higher, the Spirit shuts the door by the mouth of Paul, when he informs us that this love was founded on the purpose of his will, (Ephesians 1:5."},{"id":"henry.JHN.11.52.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 11:52","href":"/jhn/11/#v52-henry","text":"Eph. i. 5","snippet":"Others take in with these all that belong to the election of grace, who are called the children of God, though not yet born, because they are predestinated to the adoption of children, Eph. i. 5."}],"6":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.16.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:16","href":"/jhn/1/#v16-henry","text":"Eph. i. 6","snippet":"God was well pleased in him, and is therefore well pleased with us in him, Eph. i. 6."},{"id":"henry.JHN.8.42.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:42","href":"/jhn/8/#v42-henry","text":"Eph. i. 6","snippet":"Christ is called the beloved, because, being the beloved of the Father, he is certainly the beloved of all the saints, Eph. i. 6. 2."},{"id":"henry.JHN.15.9.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:9","href":"/jhn/15/#v9-henry","text":"Eph. i. 6","snippet":"Therefore the Father was well pleased with him, that he might be well pleased with us in him; and loved him, that in him, as beloved, he might make us accepted, Eph. i. 6."}],"7":[],"8":[],"9":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.5.17.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 5:17","href":"/jhn/5/#v17-westcott","text":"Eph. i. 9","snippet":"By the u work \" of the Father we must understand at once the maintenance of the material creation and the redemption and restoration of all things, in which the Son co-operated with Him (Hebr. i. 3 ; Eph. i. 9 f.)."}],"10":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.11.51.3","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 11:51","href":"/jhn/11/#v51-calvin","text":"Ephesians 1:10","snippet":"that he might gather together all things which are in heaven and in earth, (Ephesians 1:10."},{"id":"henry.JHN.6.37.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 6:37","href":"/jhn/6/#v37-henry","text":"Eph. i. 10","snippet":"Not only all persons, but all things, are gathered together in Christ (Eph. i. 10) and reconciled, Col. i. 20."},{"id":"henry.JHN.11.52.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 11:52","href":"/jhn/11/#v52-henry","text":"Eph. i. 10","snippet":"He gathers them together in one, Eph. i. 10."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.11.51-52.3","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 11:51–52","href":"/jhn/11/#v51-ryle","text":"Eph. i. 10","snippet":"(See Eph. i. 10; John xii. 32; Gen. xlix. 10.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.8.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:8","href":"/jhn/7/#v8-westcott","text":"Eph. i. 10","snippet":"Luke xxi. 24 ; Acts vii. 23 ... ; Eph. i. 10 ; Gal. iv. 4."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.32.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:32","href":"/jhn/12/#v32-westcott","text":"Eph. i. 10","snippet":"We must receive it as it stands: Rom. v. 18, (viii. 32) ; 2 Cor. v. 15; (Eph. i. 10) ; 1 Tim. ii. 6 ; Hebr. ii. 9 ; 1 John ii. 2."}],"11":[{"id":"henry.JHN.5.22.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 5:22","href":"/jhn/5/#v22-henry","text":"Eph. i. 11","snippet":"He is entrusted with the administration of the providential kingdom, is head over all things (Eph. i. 11), head of every man, 1 Cor. xii. 3."}],"12":[],"13":[{"id":"henry.JHN.20.22.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 20:22","href":"/jhn/20/#v22-henry","text":"Eph. i. 13","snippet":"What Christ said to them he says to all true believers, Receive ye the Holy Ghost, Eph. i. 13."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.5.25.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 5:25","href":"/jhn/5/#v25-ryle","text":"Eph. i. 13","snippet":"(Eph. i. 13.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.33.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:33","href":"/jhn/3/#v33-westcott","text":"Eph. i. 13","snippet":"Comp. Eph. i. 13, iv. 30."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.17.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:17","href":"/jhn/14/#v17-westcott","text":"Eph. i. 13","snippet":"In the first sense we read Eph. i. 13 ; Hebr. x. 29."}],"14":[],"15":[],"16":[],"17":[{"id":"henry.JHN.12.16.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 12:16","href":"/jhn/12/#v16-henry","text":"Eph. i. 17, 18","snippet":"The spirit of revelation is to all the saints a spirit of wisdom, Eph. i. 17, 18."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.17.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:17","href":"/jhn/14/#v17-westcott","text":"Eph. i. 17","snippet":"Comp. Eph. i. 17; Luke xiii. 11; Rom. i. 4, viii. 15, xi. 8; 1 Cor. iv. 21 ; 2 Tim. i. 7. ..."}],"18":[{"id":"henry.JHN.12.16.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 12:16","href":"/jhn/12/#v16-henry","text":"Eph. i. 17, 18","snippet":"The spirit of revelation is to all the saints a spirit of wisdom, Eph. i. 17, 18."}],"19":[],"20":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.19.13.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 19:13","href":"/jhn/19/#v13-westcott","text":"Eph. i. 20","snippet":"sat down in the judgment seat] It has been suggested that the verb ... is transitive (1 Cor. vi. 4; Eph. i. 20), and that the sense is, \"Pilate placed Him (Christ) on a seat,\" completing in this way the scene of the \" Ecce Homo,\" by shewing the King on His throne."}],"21":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.3.31.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 3:31","href":"/jhn/3/#v31-ryle","text":"Ephes. i. 21, 22","snippet":"(Ephes. i. 21, 22.)"}],"22":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.3.31.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 3:31","href":"/jhn/3/#v31-ryle","text":"Ephes. i. 21, 22","snippet":"(Ephes. i. 21, 22.)"}],"23":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.16.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:16","href":"/jhn/1/#v16-westcott","text":"Eph. i. 23","snippet":"… another point of sight, the Church itself, made up of the many parts, thus severally perfected, is \" the body of Christ,\" His \"fulness\" realising in actual fact that which answers to the whole divine power in its Head (Eph. i. 23)."}]}}